Lapin Kansa
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{{Infobox newspaper |
name = Lapin Kansa |
image = |
type = Daily newspaper |
format = Tabloid |
foundation = {{start date and age|1928}} |
owners = Lapin Kansa Oy/Kaleva Oy|
publisher = Kaleva |
language = Finnish |
political = Neutral |
headquarters = Rovaniemi, Finland |
editor = Antti Kokkonen |
circulation = 10,000 (2024) |
website = [http://www.lapinkansa.fi/ www.lapinkansa.fi] |
}}
Lapin Kansa is a morning newspaper published in Lapland, Finland.
Media said in 2024, that it will be published 3 times a week (print edition), and 6 times a week for the digital edition.https://yle.fi/a/74-20090503. Retrieved 2024-06-12
History and profile
Lapin Kansa was established in 1928.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.almamedia.com/about-us/history/|work=Alma Media|accessdate=4 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610032310/http://www.almamedia.com/about-us/history/|archive-date=10 June 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|author=Inka Salovaara-Moring|title=Media Geographies|date=2004|publisher=Viestinnän julkaisuja|location=Helsinki|isbn=952-10-1619-1|url=http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/val/viest/vk/salovaara-moring/mediageo.pdf|accessdate=15 December 2014}} The newspaper is based in Rovaniemi. The owner of the paper is Alma Media.{{cite news|title=Alma Media's regional newspapers in Northern Finland to be printed at Kaleva printing house|url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2013/06/14/554157/0/en/Alma-Media-s-regional-newspapers-in-Northern-Finland-to-be-printed-at-Kaleva-printing-house.html|accessdate=20 November 2014|work=Global Newswire|date=14 June 2013}} In June 2013 Kaleva publishing house began to publish the daily together with the group's other newspaper Pohjolan Sanomat.
Heikki Tuomi-Nikula is among the former editors-in-chief of the paper. On 1 October 2008 Johanna Korhonen was appointed the editor-in-chief.{{cite news|title=Editor Fired – A New Newspaper Scandal|url=http://www.galdu.org/web/index.php?odas=3303&giella1=eng|accessdate=20 November 2014|work=Galdu|date=7 October 2008}}{{cite news|title=Alma Media Corporation sacked gay editor-in-chief|url=http://www.seppo.net/e/alma-media-corporation-sacked-gay-editor-in-chief|accessdate=30 April 2015|work=Sepponet|date=5 October 2008}} However, she was fired immediately after her appointment due to the fact that she was a lesbian.{{cite news|title=No lesbian for "Lapin Kansa"|url=http://www.finlandforthought.net/2008/10/02/no-lesbian-for-lapin-kansa/|accessdate=20 November 2014|work=Finland for Thought|date=2 October 2008}} Antti Kokkonen replaced her in the post.
In January 2011 the daily changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.{{cite news|title=Annual review 2011.Readers embrace smaller format newspapers|url=http://vuosikatsaus2011.almamedia.fi/front-page/readers-embrace-tabloid-format-newspaper|accessdate=20 November 2014|work=Alma Media|year=2011}} Since 2011 Lapin Kansa has published news and reports in both North Sami language and Finnish.{{cite book |author1=Olthuis |first=Marja-Liisa |author-link=Marja-Liisa Olthuis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nN6_Zkqr6EcC&pg=PA212 |title=Revitalising Indigenous Languages: How to Recreate a Lost Generation |author2=Kivela |first2=Suvi |date=25 January 2013 |publisher=Multilingual Matters |isbn=978-1-84769-890-2 |page=212}}
In 2013 Lapin Kansa had a circulation of 28,992 copies.{{cite web|title=Circulation Statistics 2013|url=http://mediaauditfinland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Circulations2013.pdf|work=Levikintarkastus Oy – Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations|accessdate=12 February 2015|date=23 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319214200/http://mediaauditfinland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Circulations2013.pdf|archive-date=19 March 2015|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101227230750/http://www.lapinkansa.fi/cs/Satellite?pagename=LKA_newssite%2FGoToHomepage Official Lapin Kansa site]
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Category:1928 establishments in Finland
Category:Finnish-language newspapers
Category:Mass media in Rovaniemi